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COLLOID CHEMISTRY IN CERAMICS *
Author(s) -
Johnson A. L.
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1943.tb15194.x
Subject(s) - colloid , ceramic , nanotechnology , subject matter , chemistry , materials science , polymer science , metallurgy , political science , law , curriculum
A bstract The advancement of ceramics from an art to a science, a transition which has been in progress for the last forty odd years, parallels the development of the science of colloids. Whereas the application of the fundamentals of the physical and the chemical sciences has indicated to the ceramic engineer the methods to be used in solving his problems, it has been in the interpretation of these researches that the colloid science has contributed more than was ever anticipated. For a more practical knowledge of the basic principles involved in the fabrication of ceramic goods, the ceramist finds that a thorough understanding of the colloid‐physical concept of clays and other raw materials supplies him with the answers to many of his industrial problems. The subject matter of ceramics or, more specifically, the fabrication of ceramic ware is discussed from the colloid‐physical standpoint in an effort to illustrate what colloid chemistry means to the ceramic industry.